Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I commend my colleague, Mrs. Wagner, from Missouri for her work on this very important bill. This is part of a series of bills that we have seen, not just today but throughout the time that we have put forth on the Capital Markets Subcommittee, as well as the Financial Services Committee overall, because we know that there is no one thing that has ground the gears of our economy to a halt or to slow it down, and there is also no one magic thing that can happen or be passed that will suddenly spring it to life. It is a little like throwing sand in the gears of a machine. Over time, it just gets harder and harder and harder for that machine to grind on. We are here through a whole series of bills, both today and at other times, to add a little oil to the machine, to try to make sure that our capital markets are continuing to move and to be the envy of the world. We know, Mr. Speaker, that our capital markets here in the United States have been and continue to be the envy of the world, and they are a vibrant ecosystem fueling America's economic growth and generating millions of private sector jobs. These capital markets provide financing and needed resources to the smallest startups and to the very largest of the international companies that we have here in the United States. However, smaller companies have often been penalized for their size.…”